Hi
We are looking to upgrade some of our home cinema system what we currently have right now is
2 Arcam avr 250s 5.1 setups
2 Arcam diva 79 DVD players
2 HD Ready nec plasmas connected to the arcam avr 250s
Imerge s2000
Cctv
Sky HD Box
Freeview Hd box
6 tvs connected by rf distribution system
What I am wanting to do is upgrade the amps and dvd player.I was thinking of upgrading the amps to onkyo txnr 515s but will this be an increase or decrease of sound quality.Then i want to upgrade the dvds to sony BDPS490'S blu-ray players.
Then i was thinking of buying an octava hdmx44 hdmi matrix. The 4 inputs would be the sky hd box and the freeview HD box.Then i would also put in an apple tv and a new sound server.The 4 outputs would be 2 new tvs LGM620T and LGPA650T. Then connect the other two outputs to new hdmi amps. Which would then go to the nec plasmas.We are leaving the nec plasmas in right now. We would run 15m hdmi cables to each of these locations.We already have a system in place to bring back ir signals to the matrix.We would also connect one optical cable to one amp and one coaxial cable to the other amp from the sky box to give 5.1 sound.
The new soundserver would be an already home media server with an hdmi output.With the casatunes software installed and an asus Xonar D2 sound card.This would then give 4 sound outputs. These would be controlled from ios devices or a web browser which suits us.Which would be put into an already exisisting Sound distribution system.Will this give better sound quality over the imerge?We will also have one optical out aswell.If you have not heard of casatunes check it out here it has had fairly good reviews.
CasaTunes Software - Software
I was also going to upgrade the network to a 1gbps network.Using exisiting cat5e cable.Then adding a 24 port tp link 1 gbps switch.We would also hardwire all electronic devices appletv etc with cat 6 cable.We are also putting in new routers which is the tp-link TD 8960N and 2 wireless access points TP-WA901ND which will give us one massive wireless network.
Any Recommendations or suggestions will be highly appreciated.
It would also help if anybody knows the answer so some of my questions.Which are
Will the casatunes give better sound quality over the imerge?
Will the onkyo txnr 515s will this be an increase or decrease of sound quality compared the the arcam avr 250's. If not what amp will give better quality.
I am trying to look for a good 4x4 hdmi matrix is the octava good or could i get better.
Also should i change anything in my setup to make it better quality or a neater setup. Thanks
We are looking to upgrade some of our home cinema system what we currently have right now is
2 Arcam avr 250s 5.1 setups
2 Arcam diva 79 DVD players
2 HD Ready nec plasmas connected to the arcam avr 250s
Imerge s2000
Cctv
Sky HD Box
Freeview Hd box
6 tvs connected by rf distribution system
What I am wanting to do is upgrade the amps and dvd player.I was thinking of upgrading the amps to onkyo txnr 515s but will this be an increase or decrease of sound quality.Then i want to upgrade the dvds to sony BDPS490'S blu-ray players.
Then i was thinking of buying an octava hdmx44 hdmi matrix. The 4 inputs would be the sky hd box and the freeview HD box.Then i would also put in an apple tv and a new sound server.The 4 outputs would be 2 new tvs LGM620T and LGPA650T. Then connect the other two outputs to new hdmi amps. Which would then go to the nec plasmas.We are leaving the nec plasmas in right now. We would run 15m hdmi cables to each of these locations.We already have a system in place to bring back ir signals to the matrix.We would also connect one optical cable to one amp and one coaxial cable to the other amp from the sky box to give 5.1 sound.
The new soundserver would be an already home media server with an hdmi output.With the casatunes software installed and an asus Xonar D2 sound card.This would then give 4 sound outputs. These would be controlled from ios devices or a web browser which suits us.Which would be put into an already exisisting Sound distribution system.Will this give better sound quality over the imerge?We will also have one optical out aswell.If you have not heard of casatunes check it out here it has had fairly good reviews.
CasaTunes Software - Software
I was also going to upgrade the network to a 1gbps network.Using exisiting cat5e cable.Then adding a 24 port tp link 1 gbps switch.We would also hardwire all electronic devices appletv etc with cat 6 cable.We are also putting in new routers which is the tp-link TD 8960N and 2 wireless access points TP-WA901ND which will give us one massive wireless network.
Any Recommendations or suggestions will be highly appreciated.
It would also help if anybody knows the answer so some of my questions.Which are
Will the casatunes give better sound quality over the imerge?
Will the onkyo txnr 515s will this be an increase or decrease of sound quality compared the the arcam avr 250's. If not what amp will give better quality.
I am trying to look for a good 4x4 hdmi matrix is the octava good or could i get better.
Also should i change anything in my setup to make it better quality or a neater setup. Thanks
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